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NORTH WILDWOOD - The ar tistic personalities of opera singer Roman Osadchuk and his wife Slawka are reflected in their 14 room, four bathroom waterfront town house in the Angelsea section of North Wildwood where the Atlantic Ocean spills into picturesque Hereford's Inlet. » Part of their house was custom huilt on the basis of their personal designs and has an international flavor Represented in the construction and the contents are the .nations of .Japan. France. Italy,. Mexico, the United States, the t'kriiine and the continent of Alrica It is a house of many moods, ranging from the American country kitchen to the exotic African decorated living room Mr and Mrs Osadchuk, who have four children, acquired the house and then built an addition after Osadchuk decided to give up a. promising operatic singing career for a more lucrative real estate business His voice had once been compared with the late Mario'Lanza who was a frequent summer-time visitor to Wildwood. OSADCHUK WAS AMONG the five winners of the Metropolitan Opera Auditions and became part of the Metropolitan Opera Studio He performed throughout the Fast, but gave up his career professionally when he grew successful in the real estate business. In 1972 Osadchuk purchased a five room, two and one half bath townhouse on Sea Spray Court in North Wildwood Five years later he found a need for expansion as his family grew He and his wife elected to purchase, an adjacent

piece of property. 75x125 feet. They spent hours studying home furnishings magazines, exchanging their own imaginative ideas, visiting custom craftsmen and special antique shops. Their "House of the United Nations" emerged from the extensive planning. A lour through the house starts off at the vestibule, then through their old kitchen, now used as a preparation room, and into their

pride and.jOy kitchen, 22x25 feet, which hoitses a Jenn-Air range, a ' fireplace large enough to use for cooking mouth watering foods, and a circular wooden staircase leading to the second and third floors. The kitchen floor is made of clay imported from Mexico. Two stained glass windows designed by Mrs. Osadchuk adorn the room and the kitchen sets consists of antique pieces collected in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and New York. ADJACENT TO THE kitchen, with the ocean providing an inspiration for Osadchuk's talents, is the singer’s 20x20 foot music room. One waj) is lined with books, records and stero equipment. On the other side is his Japanese piano The African Room is their living room with dining area. It has green carpeting and the walls are green, decorated with tileboard silk screen that includes Arabic writing. There arc decorative antlers and elephant tusks, an

African palm tree, deer beads and a saddled life sized lioness on which the children play

KITCHEN OF opera singer Roman Osadchuk and wife, Stawka. features circular wooden staircase, in rear of photo, fireplace targe enough for cooking foods and Jenn-Air range.

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